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  #3122036 30-Aug-2023 23:51
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No incisive rugby analysis here. I’m just excited with ten days to the RWC.

 

I plan to enjoy the whole tournament and not to focus on my concerns about the All Blacks. Four years has been a long time to wait and I’ve learnt that I need to make the most of enjoying such infrequent events - COVID doomsayers showed the futility of getting downhearted about things we can’t control. So I hope to enjoy every game I watch without feeling disappointed even if the All Blacks are kicked out in pool play.

 

I get the impression that hardly anybody is confident that the All Blacks can win the RWC. The McCaw era was amazing for us, as was the Gregan era for Australia. It is difficult to see a return to such dominating heights for either national team but I remain confident that the All Blacks will win this tournament. While a horrifying loss to Italy is a possibility, it would take a great Italian game plan to make that a reality.

 

My expectations aren’t threatened by the unpredictable nature of such tournaments which can swing on the impact of small differences as much as it does on predictions based on past performances: we could win or lose based on injuries, diet (including food poisoning), media distractions, unexpected game results that change the expected opponents, player brain-fade, choosing the wrong studs, etc. I’m choosing to expect these things to work out for us.

 

It is also possible that the tournament final will follow the result of the first game. A boost in confidence might be all the All Blacka and us supporters need. It will be interesting to see if I can maintain a positive expectation if we lose that first game.




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  #3123662 4-Sep-2023 20:27
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Danny Cipriani seems to have gone completely off the rails. He sounds like a jilted lover and pretty full of himself. There is probably an element of truth in most of what he says, but it still comes across as desperation to fill a book with as much explosiveness as he can.


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  #3123699 5-Sep-2023 08:17
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Sounds like Jordie could be out of the first game with a knee injury





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  #3124462 7-Sep-2023 10:11
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Unfortunate news about Narawa. Inured and coming home. Sounds like a painful injury (I've had back problems my entire life). Talk of Stevenson getting on a plane, but I am wondering if they bring over another forward instead.  Narawa was somewhat likely to play only a bit part in this cup. We are looking a fraction short in locks. Moving our loose forwards into locking positions costs us in lineout height, likely to be a factor in lineouts etc. 

 

 


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  #3124482 7-Sep-2023 10:39
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networkn:

 

Unfortunate news about Narawa. Inured and coming home. Sounds like a painful injury (I've had back problems my entire life). Talk of Stevenson getting on a plane, but I am wondering if they bring over another forward instead.  Narawa was somewhat likely to play only a bit part in this cup. We are looking a fraction short in locks. Moving our loose forwards into locking positions costs us in lineout height, likely to be a factor in lineouts etc. 

 

 

 

 

Blackadder has to be on the plane. We are short of a 6 until Frizell is back.

 

On the team, I don't have any faith in it, we have 3 opensides at 6/7/8 and only one of them is a class player in Savea. We have ALB coming into the team on such little game play I fear for him to be up to speed. Ofa the penalty magnet in the front row is a forced change.

 

 

 

So I think France win by 8 points, but the real news will be conditions. Game day in France the high is 36c and by 9:15pm local kickoff it will be down to a nice 29c! Huge advantage to the locals





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  #3124486 7-Sep-2023 10:50
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Yeah, the media are talking about Stevenson, but I reckon Finau or Blackadder.  They're going to wait till after the French game, to asses any new injuries as well as updates on Frizell and Retalick.  I think that's really wise.  Given the replacement wouldn't be there for the French game, there's not really any urgent rush.

 

Agree, it's a fair way off our strongest team.  I would have started Jacobsen, but everything else is pretty much forced.  The reckon Havili is not quite test match fit, which is reasonable.  Also, as much as I dislike Laulala, I think starting him and bringing Newell off the bench also makes sense.  They could have brought Williams, or Ofa across to tighthead, but this is probably not the game to do that.


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  #3124505 7-Sep-2023 11:21
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JPNZ:

 

So I think France win by 8 points, but the real news will be conditions. Game day in France the high is 36c and by 9:15pm local kickoff it will be down to a nice 29c! Huge advantage to the locals

 

 

 

 

Wow, that is warm for sure! I wonder if we should've been there slightly earlier training and acclimatizing to the temperature. 

 

Really looking forward to the game on sat (First Live game in 4K UHD via Stan for me), I have to back us with my heart, but if I was to put money on it, I would be putting it on France as well. 


 
 
 

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  #3124631 7-Sep-2023 14:29
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The rumours in underground channels are talking about the All Blacks being moved from their planned hotel in Paris, to one further away and not as comfortable.  Supposedly due to sudden requirement for fumigation or suchlike at the original hotel.  Could be worse I guess.  they could get food poisoning.


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  #3124646 7-Sep-2023 15:09
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Watching Blackadder play last weekend, I thought that he would be a fairly suitable player to replace Frizell. I guess the ability to not be injured is the big thing. He's had a horror run.

 

I do find it somewhat amusing over the last 3 years, when we haven't dominated Rugby, that this is what a LOT of people were asking for, for other teams to step up, that it was 'boring' watching NZ bulldoze teams etc. Now it's happening, you'd think the world was ending. 

 

Hate losing, and I never really cared if we won every match by 100 points till time ends, so for me this drop is disappointing, but it's also probably expected in many ways. 


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  #3124652 7-Sep-2023 15:18
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Earbanean:

 

The rumours in underground channels are talking about the All Blacks being moved from their planned hotel in Paris, to one further away and not as comfortable.  Supposedly due to sudden requirement for fumigation or suchlike at the original hotel.  Could be worse I guess.  they could get food poisoning.

 

 

I guess we could be grateful, they didn't just fumigate when they were actually there. 

 

Or was it that there is monitoring for poisoning at the first hotel, and less monitoring at the second :) 

 

 


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  #3125250 9-Sep-2023 09:22
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Shoddy playing today that’s all I can say.

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  #3125251 9-Sep-2023 09:24
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Need ball in hand to score tries, not kicking back to the opposition.

 

 


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  #3125252 9-Sep-2023 09:32
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Well, some real highlights for the AB's but a disappointing 2nd half.  Hopefully we learn and meet the French in the final :-)

 

 

 

P.S.  Did anybody watching on Stan TV get a 4K connection?  I'm on an Apple TV and other 4k shows do play but didn't see 4K on the game even when Video Quality was forced to Ultra.


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  #3125253 9-Sep-2023 09:44
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Where do we start in enumerating all the things wrong with the All Blacks’ play today? So frustrating and disappointing.





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  #3125254 9-Sep-2023 09:53
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It’s a strange feeling knowing the All Blacks are going to lose and then they do. We will be out in the quarter final vs what will most likely be South Africa or Ireland.





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